Yeah… My wife used to teach at a local university, and is friends with a lot of highschool teachers. This just sounds like a formula to create scenarios where teachers have to fight students.

Teachers at public schools have no realistic way to prevent students from doing whatever they want. Unless there are parents at home willing to enforce some sort of system of discipline, then there’s not a whole lot a teacher can do.

The quality of parenting has just tanked in recent years. I’m sure part of that is our new economic reality, however I personally think the addictive nature of smart phones isn’t helping the situation either.

Im a specialty provider at a children’s hospital, and in recent years we’ve had a hard time getting kids and their parents to put down their phones or tablets during appointments.

There are tons of kids that will have a complete breakdown if we have to take away their tablets during a casting. Hell, Ive had parents get confrontational because I ask them to put down their phones so I can explain to them how to take care of their sick child. It’s a hot mess, and it seems to get worse every year.